San Juan River

The San Juan River, also known as El Desaguadero, is a 192-kilometre river that flows east out of into the . A large section of the border between and runs on the southern bank of the river.
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • Description: River in Nicaragua, connecting Lake Nicaragua with the Caribbean Sea
  • Also known as
    “Desaguadere”
    “El Desaguadero”
    “Río San Juan”
    “River San Juan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Juan de Nicaragua Airport.

San Juan River

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Latitude
10.93989° or 10° 56′ 24″ north
Longitude
-83.69889° or 83° 41′ 56″ west
Open location code
762RW8Q2+XC
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“San Juan River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر سان خوان (نيكاراجوا)”
  • Arabic: “نهر سان خوان”
  • Armenian: “Սան Խուան գետ”
  • Asturian: “Ríu San Juan”
  • Azerbaijani: “San Xuan çayı”
  • Basque: “San Juan”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Cebuano: “Río San Juan”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安河”
  • Chinese: “聖胡安河”
  • Chuvash: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Croatian: “San Juan”
  • Czech: “San Juan”
  • Dutch: “San Juan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سان خوان”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero San Juan”
  • Finnish: “San Juan”
  • French: “Río San Juan”
  • Georgian: “რიო სან ხუანი”
  • Georgian: “სან-ხუანი”
  • German: “Río San Juan”
  • Hebrew: “סן חואן”
  • Hungarian: “San Juan”
  • Irish: “Abhainn San Juan”
  • Italian: “San Juan”
  • Japanese: “サン・ファン川 (ニカラグア)”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン川”
  • Latvian: “Sanhuana (upe)”
  • Latvian: “Sanhuana”
  • Lithuanian: “San Chuanas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Río San Juan”
  • Norwegian: “Río San Juan”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Persian: “سان خوان ریور (نیکاراگوئه)”
  • Persian: “سان خوان ریور”
  • Polish: “San Juan”
  • Portuguese: “Rio San Juan (Nicarágua)”
  • Portuguese: “Rio São João”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan (rijeka u Nikaragvi)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan”
  • Slovak: “San Juan”
  • Spanish: “Río San Juan de Nicaragua”
  • Spanish: “Rio San Juan”
  • Spanish: “Río San Juan”
  • Spanish: “San Juan”
  • Swedish: “Río San Juan”
  • Tamil: “சான் ஜுவான் ஆறு (நிக்கராகுவா)”
  • Tamil: “சான் ஜுவான் ஆறு”
  • Urdu: “دریائے سان خوآن”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông San Juan”
  • Welsh: “Afon San Juan”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Morris Creek and Laguna de San Juan.

Rio San Juan Region: Highlights

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